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Looking Beyond the Diagnosis: A Whole-Body Approach to Arthritis and Joint Pain
Many people come to my office after being told they have arthritis, degeneration, bone-on-bone changes, tendonitis, bursitis, stenosis, or other structural findings.
While these diagnoses can be important, they do not always tell the whole story.
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Special Healing Carrot Soup
What does a healthy body constitution look like?
What should healthy look like?
The first body type is what we all aspire to maintain. It is called…
Balanced Body Type: Healthy Spleen-Pancreas Qi-Digestion
It is a healthy state with a balance between your internal and external environment known as yin and yang. All your five-element meridian-organ systems are functioning optimally. These are:
Lung and Large intestine Spleen-pancreas Continue reading
Wonderful Things About Sweet Potatoes
I love sweet potatoes made any which way. My favorite is to bake them in the oven, and slice open and season with salt, pepper, parsley, and a little real butter.
Did you know about the wonderful health benefits of a sweet potato?
Yes, they are a starchy root vegetable. Starchy veggies have been given a bad wrap lately, Continue reading
Five Self Care Tips for Winter
Traditional Chinese medicine teaches that humans should live in harmony with the seasons. According to traditional Chinese medicine there are five seasons: winter, spring, summer, late summer and fall. Each season has many associations that help us change our habits, allowing for a more balanced mind and body. When these systems were being developed, people were living in Continue reading
